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There are still no answers eight years after 43 students in Mexico went missing

4:43pm January 17, 2023

by Eyder Peralta

More than eight years on, the families of the 43 students from Ayotzinapa teachers college in Mexico are no closer to getting answers — or any version of the truth about the students' fate.

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After weeks of violence, protests expected to continue in Peru

6:55pm January 16, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Marcelo Rochabrun, Peru Bureau Chief at Bloomberg, about the ongoing protests against the Peruvian government which have left dozens of people dead.

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The state of democracy in Latin America

5:17pm January 15, 2023

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Brian Winter, editor-in-chief of Americas Quarterly, about democratic backsliding in Latin America.

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Brazil's Supreme Court will investigate if Bolsonaro incited the attack on Congress

8:02am January 15, 2023

Days after a mob attacked Brazil's Congress, presidential, and judicial offices, the country's Supreme Court has agreed to investigate whether former president Jair Bolsonaro incited the attackers.

Cusica Fest is trying to rebuild the Venezuelan music industry

10:37am January 14, 2023

by Isabella Gomez Sarmiento

A music festival in Caracas, Venezuela is building momentum for renewed creativity and expression in the country, amidst an ongoing political crisis.

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Brazil's former president, Jair Bolsonaro, looks on after speaking from his official residence at the Alvorada Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, on Nov. 1, 2022.

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Brazil's Supreme Court agrees to investigate former President Jair Bolsonaro for riot

1:37am January 14, 2023

by The Associated Press

Brazil's Supreme Court granted the request from the prosecutor general's office to include Bolsonaro in the wider investigation, citing a video he posted on Facebook two days after the riot.

A view through a cracked window in Brazil's presidential office building looking out at Three Powers Square in Brasília, where supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro stormed and ransacked government buildings Sunday.

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Democrats push for Bolsonaro to be booted from the U.S. as Brazil investigates riots

1:49pm January 12, 2023

by Carrie Kahn

Brazil is widening its investigations into how thousands of supporters of former president ransacked government buildings. But with Jair Bolsonaro still in Florida, Democratic lawmakers want him out.

Residents carry a coffin with a sign that reads in Spanish: "Dina killed me with bullets" referring to President Dina Boluarte, during a funeral procession for protesters and others killed during clashes with police in Juliaca, Peru, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023.

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Antigovernment protests spread across Peru and near tourist draw of Machu Picchu

5:23am January 12, 2023

by The Associated Press

Protests against Peruvian President Dina Boluarte's government that have left dozens of people dead since they began a month ago spread through the south of the Andean country.

Deadly antigovernment protests are spreading across Peru

5:09am January 12, 2023

Anti-government protests have killed at least 47 people in Peru over the past month. Just this week, 17 civilians and a police officer died in clashes and the unrest is spreading.

Politics & Government

The summit of North American leaders, held in Mexico, has come to an end

7:22am January 11, 2023

by Eyder Peralta

It was meeting among the leaders of Mexico, the United States and Canada. But all eyes were on President Biden and his Mexican counterpart, whose initial meetings were awkward to say the least.

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